Good Food + Health Challenge Update

Last week's health challenge was to be in bed by 10:45PM latest. I think that was pretty much a fail because I've had a few days that week where I either had meetings or wedding preparations. Anyway, still gotta fit that dress! I'm sure it'll fit but as always I aim higher than just a smaller dress size - I aim to be healthy. Actually I never even thought about getting smaller. I think calling someone skinny could be just as much of an offense as calling someone fat. Hey it's true..... and there was a long discussion about this sometime.

So in conclusion, I went to bed at 10:45PM for three days of the week. During those days I forced myself to not stay up an extra hour to go on facebook or hang around youtube. It was a success that I got into bed by 10:45PM but it was a struggle to fall asleep so I ended up sleeping past 1 sometimes. It must be insomnia or something.

This week I challenged myself to incorporate a new exercise into my workout. This exercise has been around forever but I've never thought of doing it at the gym - jump rope. In fact I haven't jumped rope since I was a kid. After less than five minutes of my attempt to do consecutive jumps I was already out of breath. Not to mention, I ended up whipping myself with the rope a few times across my arms and back of my legs. After two days of jump rope I became less of a novice and hence less self whipping and more jumping.


I thought I'd also update with some healthy food I've been eating and creating.

Steamed Egg with Ground Beef - It's a pretty Asian way of making eggs. You beat the beef and eggs together and then steam it over a pot of water.

Veggies - Tomato with caramelized onions and mushrooms.

 

Chicken Breast - Marinated with basil, ginger, garlic, and other seasoning and spices. Garnished with fresh squeezed lime juice. Chicken is good protein for your metabolism.

Satay Chicken Skewers - This was from last week's dinner when we decided to attempt satay chicken skewers. They were BBQ'ed to perfection by Stephen. Instead of peanut sauce I made almond sauce since almond butter was available and much healthier.

Zucchini and Mushroom Skewers - A healthy and delicious way to eat your veggies.

I also made a spinach and beef lasagna but I never got to take a picture of it. Maybe next time!

Bo Laksa King on Hastings

On Sunday a few friends and I went to try out Bo Laksa King on Hastings. This place is also located by Joyce. You can check out their location and menu here.

We ordered a variety of dishes. I had the laksa as my main dish and satay chicken skewers for appetizer. Overall the food was good and more authentic tasting than some of the other places where I've had laksa before. Laksa is a popular Chinese Malaysian / Singapore spicy soup noodle. This laksa is cooked in coconut curry soup and it was very tasty. The noodles seemed to be a bit undercooked but I liked the spicy coconut flavor. There were two prawns in there and a good number of chicken pieces, fish balls, tofu puffs and a hard boiled egg.


Roti Canai - Authentic South-East Asian pastry pancake served with curry chicken dipping sauce or condensed milk and sugar for sweet Roti.

Satay Chicken - Marinated chicken served with sticky rice, cucumber & spicy peanuts sauce. Interesting presentation.

Mee-Goreng - Spicy stir fry noodle with seasonal vegetables, chicken, pork or beef with house made sweet & spicy sauce. It's a great dry noodle to try if you like chow mein.

Butter Chicken - I didn't try it but it looked good. Typically I prefer butter chicken from India. : )

Stephen had the Pad Thai - It's not as ketchup-tasting as most pad thai's I've had but not bad either. It's different.
I also had their chai tea. It's not on the menu but if you like chai, ask for it and you won't be disappointed. It's like a taste of India.